The 113th Congress by the Numbers

Number of Democrats: 55 (8 in the Senate, 47 in the House)

Number of Republicans: 38 (3 in the Senate, 35 in the House)

Number of Independents: 1 (Representative Angus King of Maine)

Number of women: 24 (5 in the Senate, 19 in the House)

Number of minorities: 22

Number with a record of military service: 12 (including 2 women)

Number of Kennedys: 1 (Massachusetts Democrat Rep. Joseph Kennedy)

71: Age of oldest member, California Democrat Rep. Alan Lowenthal

31: Age of youngest member, Hawaii Democrat Rep. Tulsi Gabbard

$290,759: Smallest total spent on election, by Texas Republican Rep. Steve Stockman

$39,309,855: Largest total spent on election, by Virginia Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine

First openly bisexual member: Arizona Democrat Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (also the first member to list her religion as “none”)

First openly gay member elected to Senate: Wisconsin Democrat Tammy Baldwin

First Hindu member: Tulsi Gabbard

First state with an all-woman delegation: New Hampshire

First Buddhist senator: Hawaii Democrat Mazie Hirono